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Marvel Heroes open beta is live

Gazillion decided to start the open beta test for their ARPG Marvel Heroes a little earlier than expected this morning and players can now join the servers for some superhero action. To get involved head the official site and register an account. The beta test will end on Monday May 6th at 10:00AM PDT.

Posted 4 May 2013 | Comments Off

Cathar Playable Race Revealed for Star Wars: The Old Republic

The feline looking Cathar will be the next playable race for Star Wars: The Old Republic when version 2.1 launches. Bioware has released a preview video of the race in action as well as the latest  SWTOR Insider video which looks ahead to new character customisation features.

Posted 27 April 2013 | Comments Off

City of Steam Goes Early Access Beta in May

The free to play browser-based industrial age fantasy 3D MMO from Mechanist Games, City of Steam, is set to go into an early access beta on May 10th. The closed beta ran through December last year but if tyou didn’t manage to take part then you can sign up for the next stage on the official website. The early access [...]

Posted 27 April 2013 | Comments Off

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing Preview

Peter over on the main incgamers.com site has put together a hands-on preview of NeoCore’s upcoming action-RPG The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing.  Here’s a snip: If you’re going to slip the word ‘incredible’ into your game’s title, it demands a certain payoff. Pair it with ‘adventures’ and people are going to be expecting all manner of [...]

Posted 27 April 2013 | Comments Off

Wildstar Crimson Isle Preview

A little later than usual this week, the Carbine team has put together a rather nice preview of the Crimson Isle which is located off the coast of Deradune. You can read about this rather inhospitable sounding zone over on the official website now.  

Posted 27 April 2013 | Comments Off

Legend of Grimrock – Master Quest v1.3 Released

We love Legend of Grimrock and if you were looking to expand you experience with the game then why not check out Legend of Grimrock – Master Quest. This community created mod, which is a full-length addon, has just hit v1.3 and it’s worth checking out. Some of the features worth noting  include: WHAT IS LEGEND [...]

Posted 25 April 2013 | Comments Off

Lord of the Rings Online: Helm’s Deep Announced

Warner and Trbine today revealed the next expansion for Lord of the Rings Online going by the name of Helm’s Deep. The level cap increases to 95 in this expansion and will allow players to ” take a direct role in the battle for Helm’s Deep”. “With Helm’s Deep, we’re bringing the War of the [...]

Posted 25 April 2013 | Comments Off

Neverwinter Devils of Helms Hold Trailer & Shots Posted 24 April 2013 | Comments Off

New DARK screens

A batch of new shots have just come in for Kalypso’s Vampire themed third-person action RPG called DARK which is due for release this summer. Suck these up…

Posted 23 April 2013 | Comments Off

Elder Scrolls Online “Ask us Anything” tackles PvP

The Elder Scrolls Online development team have taken community questions on PvP  and compiled them into a nice ”Ask us Anything” with topics covering siege weapons, PvP group sizes, a PvP ranking system and more. Read all the questions and answers in their full glory right here.

Posted 23 April 2013 | Comments Off

New clothing for The Secret World

If you’re wanting to look smart in the Secret World then there’s a whole bunch of outfits you can put on and there’s new ones being added all the time including the new outfits below in the shots. A developer diary has also been posted discussing the clothing which highlights some of the differences.

Posted 23 April 2013 | Comments Off

Wildstar Beta Progress Developer Update

With a few special chosen players now entering Wildstar for the first time, Carbine released a new developer blog which covers this momentous occasion for the MMO. The post covers their plans as the beta test progresses, and while there are obviously quite a few bugs at this stage, they sound super excited now that [...]

Posted 18 April 2013 | Comments Off

The Lost Titans Open Beta Launches

The free to play MMORPG which is inspired by Egyptian, Greek and Roman mythology, The Lost Titans, has entered open beta today. The browser game kicked off it’s closed beta last November and this open phase brings new content including  new pets, mounts, zones, bosses and additional PvP features. “More than 200,000 registered users participated in our [...]

Posted 18 April 2013 | 1

Legacy of Romulus Star Trek Online Packs Detailed

Cyrptic and Perfect World have revealed the  Legacy and Starter Packs for the upcoming Star Trek Online expansion. The Legacy pack comes in at 124.99 and includes Premium Romulan Faction Species – Reman, Dhelan Warbird Retrofit, Mogai Warbird Retrofit, D’deridex Warbird Retrofit and everything included in the Starter Pack  plus 13 more items. The Starter Pack is considerably cheaper at $19.99 [...]

Posted 18 April 2013 | Comments Off

Neverwinter Blog Talks Professions

In the latest developer blog for Neverwinter, professions and character development is discussed covering topics such as speed of progression and all the different types available to players. The open Beta for Neverwinter gets underway on 30 April.

Posted 18 April 2013 | Comments Off